GPS TASKED TO PROPOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RAHMAH MADANI SALES PROGRAMME AT CAMPUSES

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- The Student Consumer Movement (GPS) has been tasked with providing recommendations and proposals to the Domestic Trade and Costs of Living Ministry for implementing the Rahmah MADANI Sales Programme at campuses (PJRM@Kampus).

Its minister, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, said GPS needed to present its views within two weeks on the implementation mechanism and the type of goods suitable to be offered in the programme before it was finalised and implemented in stages at higher education institutes (IPT) nationwide beginning early next year.

"Apart from one PJRM@Kampus premium programme, maybe the other (programmes) we can work with the cooperatives in the respective IPTs to provide discounts and supplement with government allocations.

"...to GPS, this is a mandate to give recommendations and views to KPDN, what is the best method, preferably through cooperatives or other approaches, and what are the items that are quite important (because) we don't want to have a situation where we come to the campus to do PJRM but there is no response because the items sold are not appropriate," he said.

Armizan said this in his speech today at the closing of the National Student Consumer Movement Premier Council 2024.

The three-day programme, which began on Sunday, aims to increase consumerism advocacy in the community and empower students to mobilise the Movement to Combat Manipulation and Leakages (KITA GEMPUR) initiative. It will bring together 268 GPS members from 134 IPTs nationwide.

Armizan said the move aimed to enhance GPS's role as a critical stakeholder in the ministry's primary efforts to address the cost of living issue.

He said the MADANI government, through Budget 2025, had increased the allocation for implementing initiatives under the Payung Rahmah initiative from RM200 million to RM300 million; thus, KPDN planned to enhance the implementation of PJRM, including PJRM@Kampus.

-- BERNAMA